US Army Drug Treatment Program Riddled With Errors & Problems, Reports
They return home with battle scars, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), brain injury, or family and financial discord. Many US soldiers turn to alcohol or drugs, but when they seek help from the Army's substance-abuse program they are … Read more on Sputnik International

Prescription Drug Abuse Among Nurses A Growing Problem
In Indiana, if professionals admit their addiction and successfully complete treatment, they can have the criminal charges removed from their records and their licenses can remain intact. “There's not many professions or jobs where you can own up to … Read more on Indiana Public Media

Recovering Utahns rally for health care, drug addiction treatment
Vincent, a Heber City resident, told Maline Hairup's story Friday to a crowd of more than 200 people who packed into the Capitol rotunda in support of legislation that would increase Utahns' access to substance abuse and mental illness treatment, as … Read more on Deseret News

Bancroft Hopes To Sell Haddonfield, NJ Property To Drug Treatment Company
“Many of RCA's patients will be good people who just went down a wrong path, but we also must acknowledge the correlation between drug abuse and crime, and that some of the patients will be prone to criminal activity,” he tells KYW Newsradio … Read more on CBS Local

'Unmask Addiction' campaign tackles user misconceptions
Women can be a gateway into drug abuse for men, and there's not an "ethnic bias," she said –– in Somerset County, the vast majority of those seeking treatment are white. "No one is immune," she said. Raffish described the ad campaign, which has four … Read more on Delmarva Daily Times

Marijuana is too dangerous to legalize
… marijuana for recreational use may be on the Arizona ballot next year. A recent ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy survey found that some 45 percent of respondents support such legalization. … Expanding access to marijuana, a substance that … Read more on azcentral.com

Reformulated OxyContin Forces Drug Abusers To Switch To Heroin
A reformulation of OxyContin made it harder to abuse and that has curtailed the drug's illicit use but some 25 percent of drug abusers entering rehab still find a way – or at least said they still abused the prescription painkiller on surveys despite … Read more on Science 2.0

Enter Stop Rx Abuse contest and help fight drug abuse, AG Cooper urges NC …
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services national survey, among people ages 12-17 prescription drugs are the second most abused drug behind marijuana. The survey also found that most people age 12 or older who abuse prescription … Read more on Jacksonville Daily News

In Lyon case, 'video voyeurism' raises uncomfortable questions
Some states have enacted specific “voyeurism” or “video voyeurism” statutes, while others lump the illicit activity under privacy laws or dub it “trespass by peeping Tom” or “surreptitious intrusion,” according to a survey by the National District … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Aging Baby Boomers Bring Drug Habits Into Middle Age
“If you have a trigger, and your youth is caught up in that Woodstock mentality, you're going to revert back,” said Jamie Huysman, 60, clinical adviser to the senior program at Caron Treatment Centers, a residential drug treatment organization that … Read more on Wall Street Journal

Ex-Boxing Champ Steps Back Into Spotlight As A Face Of Addiction
But that hasn't stopped him from telling his story or from helping out addicts. At Clinica Bajo del Sol in Tijuana, a rehab center Chavez opened, some 40 men and women say a prayer before dinner. The spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean contrasts with … Read more on WGBH NEWS

Christie could find agreement with rivals over drug abuse
The center, which Oberman estimates is one of perhaps two centers in southern New Jersey, is affected by Atlantic City's broader economic woes and needs an additional $ 6 million appropriation or grant to keep the long-term treatment operation going. Read more on Vineland Daily Journal

Drug addicts struggling to reintegrate after rehab
Official figures estimate that one out of every hundred Chinese is a drug user. In the run-up to the "Two Sessions", CCTV is reporting on different aspects of Chinese society. Reporter Han Peng has spoken with drug addicts at a state-run rehab center … Read more on CCTV

Elgin Chamber honors best member businesses, brightest volunteers
Today, what once started out as a small, one-counselor agency known as the Community Concern for Alcoholism has grown into a multifaceted, outpatient treatment center that offers a wide-range of substance abuse treatment and prevention education … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Violent arrest of black U-Va. student sparks scrutiny of Virginia ABC
CHARLOTTESVILLE — The violent arrest of a University of Virginia student sparked new scrutiny of Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Thursday as university officials and Richmond lawmakers questioned the tactics and approach of the … Read more on Washington Post

Residential and out-patient treatment programs for drug/alcohol abuse
Addiction to alcohol and other drugs can impact a person in any walk of life. What people often underestimate is the complexity of drug addiction – that it is a disease which impacts the brain and because of that, stopping drug abuse is not simply a … Read more on LubbockOnline.com

Advocates Want Noland, Moeller to Reverse Rauner Drug Treatment Budget Cuts
In a letter from Latino Treatment Center executive Director Adriana Trino to State Senator Michael Noland (D-Elgin) and State Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin), the Elgin-based advocate warns that the non-profit's funding … Rauner is aiming to slice $ 27.6 … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Choices Matter
We've seen the devastation that comes with a diagnosis of HIV or the affects of drug abuse on an unborn child. But, we've also seen the joy of teens completing second chance programs, of families overcoming addictions and the light that comes on when … Read more on The Herald-News

Edward Boyd: Tackling prisoners' drug addictions will cut crime
Yet the issue remains: the prison service has become resigned to failure, resigned to widespread drug abuse being a daily part of prison life. Today, just under a third of prisoners in England and Wales say it is easy to get illegal drugs. Seven per … Read more on Conservative Home

Overcoming barriers to mental health and substance abuse care
James Kennedy volunteers through his church to help young people struggling with drugs and alcohol, a cause he took up after losing his own son to addiction in 2010. He knows firsthand the challenges of getting treatment. "Every organization requires … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Event to help people navigate mental health care system
What's even more discouraging is that even seasoned mental health professionals struggle to find appropriate care for those suffering from illnesses such as substance abuse issues, mental health concerns or overcoming developmental disabilities. Read more on New Bern Sun Journal